BAC members lose battle to use patents

A report to be published soon will announce the battle to use patents by BAC members that have done a patent course, has failed.

BAC members that have done patent courses but not fully herbal training, had hoped to continue to provide patents to their patients via the RCHM's Licentiate/Associate
category. However, two obstacles stand in the way of this:

The Health Professional Council (HPC) requirements that all herbalists have degree level education

The only way for acupuncturists to continue prescribing herbs to patients is to use individual herbs in a formula construction and to further their education of herbal medicine to bachelor degree with honours or above. The following courses offer this level of education in herbal medicine: